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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

“I want people to know that I'm multidimensional. I want people to know me as someone who's not shying away from trying new things. It's beautiful that I get to experience so many things and I get to meet so many other types of people. I approach life with an open mind and there doesn't need to be a set plan and I can take it as it goes," senior Yifan Li said.

Humans of Harker: Dipping your toes in everything

by Chayce Milheim, TALON Editor-in-Chief May 20, 2025

Need someone who can fold an intricate origami dragon and design a sleek robot in the same afternoon? Senior Yifan Li is perfect! Whether it’s turning a sheet of paper into art or figuring out how...

Winged Post Editor-in-Chief Katerina Matta and Managing Editor Young Min were selected as first place winners from a pool of around 2,000 students. “This page [shows] how much we paid attention to detail and how much we pushed ourselves to ensure the best quality that we could,” Young said.

Winged Post editors earn first place at National High School Communications Contest

by Ashley Mo, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief May 19, 2025

2024-25 Winged Post Editor-in-Chief Katerina Matta (12) and Managing Editor Young Min (12) placed first in the Single Page Layout category to represent California at the 2025 National Federation of Press...

Alison Yang (11) prepares to serve the ball in the junior varsity volleyball game versus Castilleja. The team won in two sets.

Junior varsity girls volleyball outplays Castilleja in two sets: 25-11, 25-18

by Isabella Lo, Co-Opinions Editor September 29, 2023

Junior varsity girls volleyball triumphed over Castilleja 25-11, 25-18 at home on Sept. 19. Harker opened the game by scoring the first five points. After the Castilleja Gators rallied to within three...

Public Health Club Vice President Justin Chen (11) leads attendees through a discussion question at the club's meeting in Main 2 on Friday during long lunch. The meeting started with a presentation of background information before moving into a discussion period.

Public Health Club holds meeting about China’s reopening, COVID-19 outbreak

by Emma Gao, Co-News Editor January 17, 2023

The Public Health Club conducted a community discussion about China’s lifting of its “Zero-COVID” policy in Main 2 on Friday during lunch.  Co-president Fiona Yan (11) started the meeting at...

Robotics members Tanay Sharma (11), Gary Ding (11), Will Lee (11), Nolan Dagum (9), and Agastya Ravuri (9) consider potential features for the robot on a whiteboard. At the kickoff, groups brainstormed design ideas for competition and later presented their concepts.

Robotics kickoff marks the start of build season

by Margaret Cartee and Sabrina Zhu January 21, 2022

Harker Robotics hosted a kickoff marking the beginning of the build season for about 40 members in the Nichols atrium from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 8.  To start the kickoff, members watched a livestream...

Catherine Wong (10) tips the ball over the net. The freshman and sophomore girls volleyball team will play Mercy High School this Friday at 3:00 p.m. at home.

Freshman and sophomore girls volleyball team falls to Menlo

by Katelyn Zhao and Margaret Cartee October 20, 2021

The freshman and sophomore girls volleyball team fell to Menlo yesterday at home 13-25, 17-25. Menlo jumped out to an early lead with aggressive serves, and the Eagles called a timeout early in the...

Angelina Hu (10) paints the Backstreet Boys' album "Millenium" on the side of the sophomores' class eagle.

Students celebrate first day of Homecoming Week activities

by Kinnera Mulam, Reporter October 5, 2021

Students participated in spirit activities organized by the Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT) yesterday including Sudoku, class eagle judging, an online word search and riddles.  The Sudoku competition...

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